2009 Fic Year in Review

[thrihyrne]

I'm a bit late this year and realize this is mostly for my own record-keeping, but for those who might be curious or are here to read in particular fandoms, here is my 2009 summary of fics by fandom. Links are also included; most of them are to posts at my LJ, but there are a few that go elsewhere where you can leave a comment should you be so inclined. ;) The one totally new element was writing in another author's original fiction fandom, The Slave Breakers by maculategiraffe. I ended up being quite captivated as you'll see from the no fewer than the eight stories and some drabbles I wrote in that fandom alone. I also wrote a few Tolkien slash stories (I've written nearly all genfics in my Tolkien writing prior to this year), but for the most part they didn't prove to be all that popular.

In addition to the stories listed below, the major story that I worked on, but which is still with Storm Constantine, is my Wraeththu novella "Maelstrom and Mage". I did a major revision on it in 2009, then received Storm's many helpful suggestions and comments and rewrote 7/10 of it. She's had it since the end of October but in publishing, nothing happens quickly. So one story which occupied much of my creative energies is not public yet. Hopefully it will be published by her company, Immanion Press, in this coming year. That's really my one major aspiration for 2010: to see that novella in print.



Miscellaneous Fandoms
§ His Dark Materials
The Teethmarks of Time (hosted at Yuletide; server will change over later in 2010). Also available here at my website. 4440 words; Genfic, Will-centric.

§ Swordspoint
Prise de Fer
1564 words; Richard St. Vier/Alec Campion, R.

Love's Blind Defense
96 words; Richard/Alec, G.

Change of Engagement
191 words; Richard/Alec, G.

Harry Potter
§ To Call Up the Shades
1340 words; Ron/Remus, R.

§ A Place Like Tomorrow
20,740 words; Ron/Draco, NC-17. Written for the inaugural rd_challenge and was the winner for team angst.

§ Sow Good Services
8417 words; Neville/George, R. Written for this year's weasley_fest.

§ Canvas of Desire
2772 words; Ron/Dean, R. Pinch hit for this year's weasley_fest.

§ How to Succeed in Malfoysian Gift Giving Without Resorting to Dark Magic or Going Prematurely Grey
2400 words; Ron/Draco, NC-17. Birthday gift for sexyscholar ♥, set in my Like Wine Through Water universe.

Tolkien
§ Herald, Steer Not Your Heart by the Stars
9549 words; Halbarad/Aragorn, Adult. Written for slashy_santa (though it was more for Valentine's Day).

§ A Posse Ad Esse ("from possibility to actuality")
1780 words; Faramir/Boromir. Hard R. Pinch hit for slashy_santa, same time period as above story.

§ The Company of Strangers
8767 words; Elladan/Elrohir/OMC, NC-17. Written as a birthday gift for elfscribe5. ♥

§ To Dwell in Lover's Eyes
17,560 words; Amras/OMC elf, Amras/OMC elf/OMC, NC-17, Silmarillion based. Written for slashy_santa, but this go 'round was Ardor in August.

Slave Breakers
§ The Best Gifts Come Unwrapped
2608 words; Holden/Yves, NC-17. Involves a suspension swing. ♥

§ Complicated, Delicate Grace
3343 words; Lee/Andrei, Lee/Bran, NC-17.

§ Two Drabbles
One gen and one adult. Bran, and Holden/Yves/Bran.

§ Fine As a Bee's Wing
3968 words; Lee/Andrei/Bran, NC-17.

§ All We Know of Heaven
1810 words; Lee/Andrei, NC-17.

§ Map of the Human Heart
3662 words; Lee/Andrei, Mona, Adultish.

§ At Swim, Two Men
2377 words; Lee/Andrei, Adult.

§ Sonata in the Key of Three
5300 words; Bran/Yves, Holden/Yves, Bran/Holden/Yves, rather NC-17 (double penetration).

§ Adoration, A Triptych
3351 words; Lee/Mona (non-explicit), Lee/Andrei, Adult.

Wraeththu
§ Maelstrom and Mage
58,330 words. With Storm Constantine; projected publication date 2010.

§ Break Open the Massive Dark
30,140 words; Aleeme/Azriel, Aleeme/Yazdyar (OC from "Down the Whispering Well"), Azriel/Yazdyar, Adult.

§ Along the Line
1412 words; Cal/Orien, R. Winner of the spring Forever Wraeththu songfic challenge. (but only barely!)

§ Two Wraeththu Drabble/Vignettes
Velaxis, Arahal and Vaysh, OCs, Genfics.

§ As Kinshar Met
1911 words; Ashmael/Seel/Parallax, Adult.

§ Desert's Fierce Kiss
2745 words; Cobweb/Lianvis, Adult. Written for a request by gingerspark ♥.

§ A Calanthe By Any Other Name (is still Cal)
2778 words; Seel/Swift, Cal, Yazdyar (OC), Genfic. Written for heartofoshun as a belated thank you for her extensive beta and feedback for M+M as part of its initial revision.


So there they all are! Not including M+M, I wrote and published around 145K words this past year. If I include the M+M rewrite and revision it's closer to 200K, which has been my norm over the past few years. That said, I will be stepping away from fanfiction, at least that's what I say now. There are some personal things I'll be working on, but doubtless I'll continue to write and post in at least a couple of fandoms from time to time.

To my readers, thank you for your comments and encouragement over the past year.

Comments

[persephone100.livejournal.com]

Your year as a writer has been completely awesome!! (to use an overworked, not too original word.)

You have a lot to be proud of, not even including M&M which will be published!!! And become Wraeththu canon!!!:D :D

You've achieved more this year than most of us writers dream of!

And all your stories are interesting, original and totally intriguing and memorable! They are works to be read again and again. <3

If I sound like a fangirl it's...well it's because I am! :D

Congratulations!

Love and *hugs*

Seph

[thrihyrne.livejournal.com]

You are incredibly kind! A year is a long time; the stories from early last year seem like an eternity ago. And not all of them are memorable, I must say. ;) But you're very generous to say so. You have a tremendous amount to be proud of yourself, m'dear!! ♥

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

I also wrote a few Tolkien slash stories, but for the most part they didn't prove to be all that popular.

Hey! I have ONE (and one only!) story that I think I could call popular; it is a het Tolkien romance, written pretty much tongue-in-cheek and taken seriously by hordes of teenage girls on ff net. God only knows what I might write if popular were my criteria. Might mention that I went to a reading last month by Ellen Kushner where she read a recent short story detailing part of life of Richard and Alec in exile on the island of Kryos, includes the death of Richard. She is looking for a publisher for it at the moment!

Anyway, climbing down off my soap box now! You had a terrific year. Wrote some amazing things (and a lot of them!).

[thrihyrne.livejournal.com]

God only knows what I might write if popular were my criteria.

Harry/Draco?? *g*

Why is Ellen Kushner looking for a publisher? I would think that the folks who published her other Swordspoint works would be thrilled to put anything of hers in print. Am I missing something?

Thanks for your kind words. I've said it before, but I really do think I'll try my hand again at some Gimli-centric, genfic gapfillers that are shorter and focus on wordcraft. With the occasional slash story in another fandom or two… ;)

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

Swordspoint works would be thrilled to put anything of hers in print. Am I missing something?

Probably needs to find the appropriate anthology for a short story. I am sure her publisher's would snap up another Riverside-centered novel? One would think so anyway.